Product Description

This volume contains twenty-four of the best known fairy tales in the English language, presented here in the exact words of their first English publication or of the earliest surviving text. Including "Sleeping Beauty," "Bluebeard," "Cinderella," "Thumbelina," and "Hansel and Gretel," as well as many others, this collection provides a historical introduction for each tale and a general Introduction which traces the history of fairy tales collected in Asia and Europe long before they appeared in English.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #225907 in Books
• Published on: 1980-11-01
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .88" h x 5.04" w x 7.71" l, .72 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 344 pages

Review
"The Opies' work is classic. . . . I'd . . . prefer this book . . . to a Grimms' collection."--Faron Scott, Fort Lewis College

Ingram
Edited by two children's writers, a collection of twenty-four classic fairy tales includes such favorites as ""Sleeping Beauty,"" ""Little Red Ridinghood,"" and ""Snow White."" By the authors of The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes.

From the Publisher
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